House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2019
- Committee actionSep 18, 2019
- Passed HouseFeb 26, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 27, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 560.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 560, Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act” on September 30, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55668
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 560, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/560
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-373 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 10, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 10, 2020 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/373
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 560, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/560
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 8, January 15, 2019, Page H602):Under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 4 and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2019 ↗
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- 115 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 560, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/560
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Rob Bishop (R-UT), J. Correa (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregorio Sablan.
- H.R. 559 (116th) Northern Mariana Islands Long-Term Legal Residents Relief Act
- H.R. 737 (116th) Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019
- H.R. 6021 (116th) Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Development Act
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- H.R. 5487 (116th) Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act
- H.R. 4479 (116th) Disaster Recovery Workforce Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.